Vegas recommendations

[vegasnikki]

To get an unforgettable memory you can visit the Nikki Beach Club that will bring the ultimate global beach club, night club and pool party experience to Las Vegas. The restaurant will give the perfect compliment to your trip with the ultimate lunch and dinner and also our infamous Sunday Amazing Las Vegas Brunch. Go for this experience!!!

[BBKPoker]

Everyone seems to be in the "get a really nice room" or "get a really cheap room" camp, but the reality is the best answer for most is going to be somewhere in between there. Yes, you won't be in your room a ton, but you still want a nice place to wake up in, shower, wind down etc, and while it doesn't have to be absurd its nice when its comfortable.

If you are going early in the year like January/February, most places are cheap. I was just in Vegas in November and had a very nice room in the MGM for $45/night, and unlike many properties they had free wireless internet as well (can be as much as $12/day elsewhere).

Also there's a ton of nice restraurants in the MGM and its pretty easy to get most places, by taxi ride or walking, you can easily hoof it up to the Bellagio when the weather is mild during the winter (don't try this in July lol).

I definitely agree that for your first time in Vegas, spend a little more and stay on the strip, you will spend almost no time downtown after you get the chance to meander through some strip casinos, and the taxi cost back and forth is going to eat up whatever you'd save staying downtown anyway.